Lionhead have recently written a blog in reply to the recently released footage of Fable 2 and stated it was never meant to be released in its entirety.
Last night, after a long day at the Showcase Event, we found out that Kotaku had posted a video showing Fable 2. This is not a trailer and it was never intended to be released in its entirity on the internet. Kotaku has dissapointed me, yes Mike and Brian you have. Sadly enough, it did happen and the snowball effect (other sites doing what Kotaku did) was inevitable at that point. The video was intended for broadcast media to edit into filmed interviews with Peter Molyneux. It was clearly marked as such on the Microsoft PR ftp.
Let me make this clear: we decided to be honest with everyone, to show Fable 2 as it is right now, including the 5000+ bugs that are currently being fixed by the development team. The press have reacted positively to our decision to show our game warts and all. To then see this video being released with the comments from editors (like Mike) and readers ranging from downright negative to so-so, is rather dissapointing and totally out of context.
Please understand that it represents work in progress and see it for what it is: how the game looked on 7th May 2008. We promise to release a real trailer in due course. It will be interesting to compare them…
Can Read The Blog And The Comments Here
Can Comment On This Also On The Forums Here
cant wait to it’s coming out
that waz not cool yo, we all want fable2 2 be a big holiday surprise
same no more spoilers for me
Yeah it was a shameful publicity thing that Kotaku did in order to get more viewers to their site. They blatantly broke the agreement they had with Lionhead and should be ashamed. They had been given the privilege of seeing early footage and then abused that right.